"Your sentence will begin today," Judge Tammy Kemp told Guyger.
Brandt Jean, Botham Jean's brother, Outraged by the sentence, some supporters of Botham Jean outside the courthouse chanted, "No justice, no peace."
Others criticized what they saw as a "slap in the face" to Jean's family.stepped to the witness stand to deliver a victim-impact statement and offered forgiveness, citing his Christian faith.
"It hurts me every day," Bertrum Jean said. "How could we have lost Botham, such a sweet boy? He tried his best to live a good, honest life. He loved God. He loved everyone. How could this happen to him? Hindsight, what could we have done? My family is brokenhearted."
When Allisa Findley, Botham Jean's sister, took the stand and watched a video of Jean's singing at church, prosecutors asked what hearing her brother's voice elicited in her.
"That I want my brother back," Findley said. "If I could just continue our last conversation and just not hang up the phone."
"The jurors had to believe that what she did was reasonable, and the actions of the jurors were pretty clear with their message and the speed at which it was delivered," he said. "They believed the zone of reasonableness had been violated and that she was way outside that zone."
Amber Guyger, Ex-Officer Who Killed Man In His Apartment, Given 10 Years In Prison